March 11, 2009
GREENSBORO — Employees of two local apartment complexes say they haven’t been paid in nearly five weeks as the California-based company that owns the properties wrestles with financial problems. Workers at two other complexes in Winston-Salem also hav...
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March 6, 2009
GREENSBORO - The Center for Creative Leadership has eliminated 140 positions, or 25 percent of its worldwide workforce, through a process of attrition, buyouts and layoffs, a spokesman said Friday. About half those cuts came in Greensboro, the headquart...
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The owners of Madison Dry Goods Co. bill their 14-year-old establishment as “the only store of its kind in the Piedmont.” Soon, some other business can make that claim. Richard and Kathy Miller plan to close their Murphy Street business — a nostalgi...
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March 4, 2009
Chip maker RF Micro Devices announced this week that it would lay off another 100 people worldwide, including 45 locally. That’s in addition to 150 Greensboro layoffs announced in December but slated for the first quarter of this year. The la...
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March 2, 2009
GREENSBORO - The American Psychological Association has presented Replacements Ltd. with its 2009 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award. The award, given Sunday night in Washington, recognizes businesses that promote employee health and well-being.
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February 26, 2009
GREENSBORO — Chancellor Stanley Battle’s resignation from N.C. A&T came amid apparent tensions over his managerial style and opposition to his efforts to raise admission standards at the university, according to interviews Wednesday with faculty......
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February 25, 2009
GREENSBORO - Chancellor Stanley Battle's resignation from N.C. A&T came amid apparent tensions over his managerial style and opposition to his efforts to raise admission standards at the university, according to interviews Wednesday with faculty, staf...
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Gov. Bev Perdue said Tuesday the state will build 70 highway and bridge projects with the first federal stimulus package money slated for North Carolina. But none of the initial outlay will be used to help finance Greensboro’s 4.8-mile, $26 million Down...
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February 24, 2009
GREENSBORO - City leaders might learn as early as today whether the Downtown Greenway will get $625,000 from the federal government's economic stimulus package. The project, scheduled to begin construction next week, is among those competing for a cut of...
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February 19, 2009
GREENSBORO - Work should begin March 2, weather permitting, on the first phase of the $26 million, 4.8-mile recreational greenway around downtown. The initial link, which will cost $1.3 million, will run from the ramp at Freeman Mill Road through the Gre...
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February 18, 2009
GREENSBORO — Over the past year, Jim Westmoreland has helped city government become more user-friendly. As assistant city manager for economic development, Westmoreland has held one of local government’s most demanding jobs: helping developers navigat...
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February 14, 2009
Virgil Griffin's obituary doesn't mention the event that brought him national headlines: the Nov. 3, 1979 , Klan-Nazi shootings, Greensboro's most notorious crime. The former Ku Klux Klan leader , who died Wednesday , became one of the most recognizabl...
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February 13, 2009
Price creep has broken out at a gas pump near you. And it’s likely to continue for a while. A penny here, a penny there and the next thing drivers know, prices have climbed back to the $2 mark at some stations in the Triad. On Thursday, three stations i...
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February 12, 2009
For TV viewers who couldn't understand the switch from analog to digital broadcasting, stay tuned: The situation just got more confusing. Initially, the government had set Tuesday as the long-awaited date when the nation would abandon over-the-air TV tran...
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February 11, 2009
GREENSBORO — A deep, long-running recession hasn’t robbed downtown of all its development options, especially on South Elm Street. Last month came word that a local developer wants to spend $3.6 million on a new, five-story building on South Elm. Now......
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February 10, 2009
GREENSBORO — A deep, long-running recession hasn't robbed downtown of all its development options, especially on South Elm Street. Last month came word that a local developer wants to spend $3.6 million on a new, five-story building on South Elm. Now......
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February 8, 2009
The Brooks Brothers advertisement in the Jan. 21 New York Times didn't tell the whole story about one of the nation's most historic garments. The ad pointed out that the New York clothier presented a black overcoat to Abraham Lincoln as a gift to wear to...
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February 7, 2009
GREENSBORO - The debate surrounding a controversial new building on South Elm Street may lead area business owners to form their own merchants' association. "I want to try to make it happen," said John Bailey, co-owner of Salon Bailey's, a hair, skin care...
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February 6, 2009
Bernard Madoff’s investment web has snared one of Greensboro’s most well-known residents — Bonnie McElveen-Hunter. Hunter and Edwin J. Cline of Jamestown appear on a list of several thousand clients who invested with Madoff, a prominent Wall Street...
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February 5, 2009
GREENSBORO - Bernard Madoff's investment web has snared one of Greensboro's most high profile residents - Bonnie McElveen-Hunter. Her name, along with another Guilford County resident, appears on a list of several thousand clients who invested with Madoff...
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January 30, 2009
Did you hear the one about the contest where the first prize was a free week in Greensboro? That’s right. And the second prize was two free weeks in Greensboro. Rim shot, please. Seriously, this one is no joke. VisitNC.com, the state’s travel Web site...
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January 29, 2009
AAA Carolinas has stepped up its campaign against cell phone use and texting while driving. Last fall, the Charlotte-based motor club posted signs on gas pumps across the state, including the Triad, urging motorists to hang up and live. Now, the warnings...
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January 28, 2009
If efforts to relocate the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame to Greensboro were a race, local organizers would describe the competition this way: they started late and have been moving up fast. “We came from out of nowhere,” said Neil Belenky, head of a tas...
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January 25, 2009
Kay Yow's list of accomplishments was long: high school basketball star, high school coach and teacher, college coach, international coach, ACC champion, Olympic gold medalist, North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame member, cancer fighter, inspiration. But Y...
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January 24, 2009
GREENSBORO - The owners of Natty Greene's Pub and Brewing Co., one of the city's most popular eating places, plan to replicate their concept in Raleigh and beyond. "We're expanding," said Chris Lester, co-owner of the restaurant at 345 S. Elm St. "We a...
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